Given name & surname · also German
Pfister
“baker”
Pfister is a surname from German (ultimately Alemannic German).
Original GermanBecker
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Pfister comes from German, and ultimately from Alemannic German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Pfister’s family of names
In German usage, Pfister as a surname has a related form in Becker. In Greek usage, Pfister as a surname is a transliteration of Πφίστερ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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